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Place of occurrence (Y92)
Official text from the FY2027 ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting. The wording is quoted exactly.
Guidelines I.C.20.b
“Codes from category Y92, Place of occurrence of the external cause, are secondary codes for use after other external cause codes to identify the location of the patient at the time of injury or other condition.”
“Generally, a place of occurrence code is assigned only once, at the initial encounter for treatment.”
“No 7th characters are used for Y92.”
“Do not use place of occurrence code Y92.9 if the place is not stated or is not applicable.”
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